Charles de Lorraine (22 February 1684 – 29 December 1751) was a member of the

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, a cadet branch of the

House of Lorraine The House of Lorraine (german: link=no, Haus Lothringen) originated as a cadet branch of the House of Metz. It inherited the Duchy of Lorraine in 1473 after the death without a male heir of Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine. By the marriage of Fran ...

. Succeeding his father as the Count of Armagnac, he also succeeded as Count of Brionne as well as the

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Biography

Born to Louis de Lorraine, Count d'Armagnac, and his wife Catherine de Neufville, he was the couple's last child. His father Louis, was the ''

'', one of the

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and a member of the King's Household. The position was roughly equivalent to the United Kingdom positions of

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and the Crown Equerry. This entitled his father to be addressed as ''

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'', a style which Charles would later use, after succeeding his father in his posts (at Charles' death, it was given to Louis' grandson, the Prince de Lambesc). Charles' mother was Catherine de Neufville, youngest child of Nicolas de Neufville, Maréchal de Villeroy, governor of the young

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. Charles' uncle was the next

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and the future governor of

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. His sister,

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was the mother of Louise Hippolyte Grimaldi, the only Princess of Monaco to reign in her own right. His older brother

Henri, Count of Brionne Henri de Lorraine (15 November 1661 – 3 April 1713) was the Count de Brionne. He was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Guise and the Grand Squire of France. Biography Born to Louis de Lorraine, Count of Armagnac, and his wife Cather ...

was expected to succeed to the Armagnac titles but died in 1713, five years before his father. On 22 May 1717 during the Regency of Philippe d'Orléans (1715–1723)Philippe d'Orléans was the Regent of France for the Infant

who had become King at the age of 5 in 1715 Charles married Françoise Adélaide de Noailles, the eldest daughter of

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, Duke de Noailles and his wife

Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné Françoise Charlotte Amable d'Aubigné, Duchess of Noailles (5 May 1684 – 6 October 1739) was a French aristocrat, the wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles. She was the niece of Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame de Maintenon, a ...

, the niece and heiress of

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. The couple had no issue, and divorced in 1721. He died in Paris aged 67. With his death in 1745, the County of Armagnac reverted to the French king, who had only first given it away to the Guise-Lorrain family in 1645.

Ancestry

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